As Convergence rolls into its third week, things begin to get a little… stranger. The third week’s issues are, technically, set in pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, but what that actually means is something that’s…
If anything, the second week of DC’s Convergence is more enjoyable on the whole than the first — if, interestingly enough, lacking anything as individually strong as the Rucka/Hamner Question series. Coincidence, or telling detail…
Here’s the good news about the first week of DC’s Convergence: it’s nowhere near as terrible as the #0 issue. Here’s the bad news: For an event that’s so squarely aimed at continuity junkies, its…
http://theworkingdraft.com/media/podcasts/BaxterBuilding4.mp3 Previously on Baxter Building: Sure, the Marvel Universe as we know it has been created, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby have done some wonderful things together. But this time around? This is when…
Covergence #0 might have been the most high-profile title DC released last week, but it was just one of a number of books designed as “events” in their own right — I got no less…
It’s an impressive introductory issue that leaves you more confused than you were before you started reading it, but never let it be said that Convergence #0 lacks ambition. Coherence, sure, it lacks that in…
For those waiting for my weekly review — you’ll have to wait until tomorrow, because it’s under embargo. For those wondering why it’s embargoed, it’s because the comic isn’t out until tomorrow; it’s Convergence #0….
With the whole series over as of last week’s tenth and final chapter, I’ve been thinking a lot about The Private Eye, A.K.A. “that other Brian K. Vaughan book, the one that’s not Saga.” I’m…
The announcement of Giant Days — the new Boom! Studios series written by John Allison and drawn by Lissa Treiman, based on characters from Allison’s solo webcomics like Scary-Go-Round and Bad Machinery — was something…
http://theworkingdraft.com/media/podcasts/Baxter_Building_3.mp3 Previously on Baxter Building: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced some of the greatest comic book heroes the world had ever seen, and then went on to prove that, while the series has a…
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